The bullpen reared its scary head in Toronto, sans Kyle Farnsworth, and held on today to put the Rays seven back of the Yankees in the Wild Card chase. Obviously, the bullpen was more rested than any history. Then why did Joe Maddon pull J.P. Howell for Jake McGee — lefty for […]

As former Pirates radio and TV play-by-play man Lanny Frattare would bellow after a Pittsburgh win, “There’s nnnooo doubt about it.” Dirtbag won this game. Gloveless Dirtbag bailed the Rays out with both the bat and the leather in a game far more frustrating than it was fun to watch. Rays starter […]

Rays 5, Astros 1 (click image for boxscore) The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: James Shields. Ho hum. Another start, another complete game. That is his 6th on the year, […]